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flonvic said:
Its the same with Lobsang Tsultim.No posts for months.No reply to PM.
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That's odd, and I hadn't noticed.
I hope he comes back, such a friendly member! I think he was very busy doing something with a new monastery from memory but I wouldn't have expected him to not show up at all.

With Lucy it's different of course, being under heavy medication.
 
Another missing member is @Riva-Roxaban, though he had a terminal diagnosis :(
It’s so sad when loyal members disappear whatever the reason is.

Edit to add, I don’t seem to be able to tag some members lately.
 
Who originally started this forum? I am I think 3 years in this Christmas, hard to believe as I never really do forums. This one is lovely. That's a point how long have folks been on here x
 
Lainie71 said:
Who originally started this forum? I am I think 3 years in this Christmas, hard to believe as I never really do forums. This one is lovely. That's a point how long have folks been on here x
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I’ve been here since May ‘17, I joined the day I was diagnosed! Great place :)
 
flonvic said:
I joined last year.I was just a reader not a poster but now I do post.I get no support/interest at home so its nice to get advice and thumbs up.thankyou.
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Sorry to hear about your lack of support at home. At least you have that in bucketloads here!
 
Lainie71 said:
Who originally started this forum? I am I think 3 years in this Christmas, hard to believe as I never really do forums. This one is lovely. That's a point how long have folks been on here x
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I got curious so I did some searching.
The oldest thread I could find was started on oct 24 2006: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/outing-false-claims-diabetes-companies.36/ but it doesn't look like this was the start of the forum.
One particular post in that thread implied that this forum was some sort of follow up from another forum: "We do have one contributor to this site (Karen, I think it was) who on the old forum told of her treatment for type 2 diabetes". (https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/outing-false-claims-diabetes-companies.36/post-5833)

The oddest thing is that this thread was started by @Administrator in 2006, but the account for Administrator shows them as having been a member since 2008. So maybe some threads have been moved from that 'old' forum to this one to start this forum, and this thread may be older than the forum itself. Just speculating though.

I think @lovinglife is one of our longest standing still active members, joined in 2009, she may remember something? Or maybe @AndBreathe knows?
 
Antje77 said:
I got curious so I did some searching.
The oldest thread I could find was started on oct 24 2006: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/outing-false-claims-diabetes-companies.36/ but it doesn't look like this was the start of the forum.
One particular post in that thread implied that this forum was some sort of follow up from another forum: "We do have one contributor to this site (Karen, I think it was) who on the old forum told of her treatment for type 2 diabetes". (https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/outing-false-claims-diabetes-companies.36/post-5833)

The oddest thing is that this thread was started by @Administrator in 2006, but the account for Administrator shows them as having been a member since 2008. So maybe some threads have been moved from that 'old' forum to this one to start this forum, and this thread may be older than the forum itself. Just speculating though.

I think @lovinglife is one of our longest standing still active members, joined in 2009, she may remember something? Or maybe @AndBreathe knows?
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Thanks so much for search Antje77, I wonder if they can throw any light on it all, I find it fascinating!
 
flonvic said:
I joined last year.I was just a reader not a poster but now I do post.I get no support/interest at home so its nice to get advice and thumbs up.thankyou.
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I must admit I lurked around on here for a bit before being a member. Best thing I have done in a long time :)
 
Antje77 said:
I got curious so I did some searching.
The oldest thread I could find was started on oct 24 2006: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/outing-false-claims-diabetes-companies.36/ but it doesn't look like this was the start of the forum.
One particular post in that thread implied that this forum was some sort of follow up from another forum: "We do have one contributor to this site (Karen, I think it was) who on the old forum told of her treatment for type 2 diabetes". (https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/outing-false-claims-diabetes-companies.36/post-5833)

The oddest thing is that this thread was started by @Administrator in 2006, but the account for Administrator shows them as having been a member since 2008. So maybe some threads have been moved from that 'old' forum to this one to start this forum, and this thread may be older than the forum itself. Just speculating though.

I think @lovinglife is one of our longest standing still active members, joined in 2009, she may remember something? Or maybe @AndBreathe knows?
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Me, me, MMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I know!

@Administrator did indeed start the forum, although don't press me for dates from memory.

He was away at Uni when his grandfather was diagnosed with T2, so decided to learn a bit about it, to try to support his granddad, but found woefully little, so started digging and the forum came to be.

As they say,...... the rest is history.

I joined in November 2013, and the forum was very well established, but very different then. It has come a long way, and hopefully will be around, prospering for a long time into the future.
 
I joined in 2015 having been lurking since I was diagnosed. I used to post on the old type 2 fasting reading but there were problems which I didn't understand but when another type 2 fasting reading came along it was very low chat. I am still looking for where I can interact a bit more but so aware of the differences between type 1 and type 2.
 
Hiitsme said:
I joined in 2015 having been lurking since I was diagnosed. I used to post on the old type 2 fasting reading but there were problems which I didn't understand but when another type 2 fasting reading came along it was very low chat. I am still looking for where I can interact a bit more but so aware of the differences between type 1 and type 2.
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Hi @Hiitsme , there are 3 different fasting reading threads with different amounts of chat ranging from almost no chat to way more chat than fasting readings, and a thread including physical activity with the fasting BG.
I'm sure one of those threads will fit your wishes. :)

Here they are:

Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

As requested in another thread.... state your fasting numbers here. My fasting level today 8.3.:( ****. Over to other T2s now.... Edited by mod to remove profanity.
www.diabetes.co.uk www.diabetes.co.uk

What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

Good morning from California!️ 5.0 mmol/L 90 mg/dL. At 5:am wake up. For Sunday morning. Have a nice day everyone.
www.diabetes.co.uk www.diabetes.co.uk

Fasting Blood Sugar this morning + yesterday's food AND physical activity

FBG Libre 5.2 Yesterdays food B/ 2 boiled eggs, chia seed pudding with blueberries S/ casien with almond milk, 1/2 protein bar L/ salmon salad with walnuts & small roasted new potatoes S/ pear, peanut butter, cheddar S/ cheese string, salt & vinegar peanuts Exercise 850 m swim Steps 9,781 Been...
www.diabetes.co.uk www.diabetes.co.uk

What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

Evening all. Hugs to @JohnEGreen for a speedy recovery. A hug for Marjorie @lindisfel Maybe the hot toddy is a good idea. And good to hear you're feeling better @Lamont D Still no testing here. A long work shift yesterday left me knackered today, so a day spent laying down or sleeping...
www.diabetes.co.uk www.diabetes.co.uk
 
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